Galatea

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Galatea is an ancient Greek name. It may refer to:

Contents 1 Greek Mythology 2 Anime 3 Art 4 Astronomy 5 Biology 6 Companies 7 Fiction 8 Games 9 Geography 10 Literature 11 Music 12 Shipping

[edit] Greek Mythology

• Galatea, the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
• Galatea, a Sicilian neried (sea nymph).
• Galatea, the wife of Lamprus, who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son.
• Galatea, mythical queen of Crete.
• Galatea, mythical queen of Cyprus.

[edit] Anime

• Galatea, a character of the anime and manga series Claymore.
• The villain of the anime series Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040.

[edit] Art

• The Triumph of Galatea, a Renaissance fresco by the painter Raphael.
• Galatea of the Spheres, by Salvador Dalí.

[edit] Astronomy

• 74 Galatea, an asteroid.
• Galatea, a moon of Neptune.
• Galatea, a fictional planet in the Colony Wars franchise. It is a gas giant and also the seventh and outermost world of the Gallonigher star system.

[edit] Biology

• Galathea, a widespread genus of squat lobsters.
• The common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia.

[edit] Companies

• Galathea STS, a UK-Australia based software company whose principle product is the ticketing software ENTA.

[edit] Fiction

• Galatea (The Bicentennial Man), a female NDR Android.
• Galatea (Justice League Unlimited), an evil clone of the cartoon version of Supergirl.
• Galatea, an android from the Austin Grossman novel Soon I Will Be Invincible.

[edit] Games

• Galatea, an interactive fiction work by Emily Short.
• GTD Galatea, the home carrier in the computer game Descent: FreeSpace — The Great War.
• One of the Lineages in the role-playing game Promethean: The Created.
• A planet in the wargame BattleTech.

[edit] Geography

• Galatea, a village in Kozani Prefecture, Greece.
• Galatea, a village in the North Island of New Zealand.
• Mount Galatea, a peak in the Canadian Rockies.
• Galatea, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India.

[edit] Literature

• Galatea, a five-act tragedy in modern Greek literature.
• Galatea, a work of fiction by Philip Pullman.
• Galatea 2.2, a novel by Richard Powers.
• Gallathea, a play by John Lyly.
• La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea, Siglo de Oro poem by Luis de Góngora

[edit] Music

• Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed, a musical comedy by Meyer Lutz.

[edit] Shipping

• "El Galatea" (also known as Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 it was the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy in El Ferrol (North-western Spain).
• HMS Galatea, of the British Royal Navy.
• Galatea, the 1886 America's Cup challenger racing yacht.
• Galathea (Expedition ships) Three Danish ships circumveiled the planet, promoting natural science and Danish representation in 1845, 1950 and 2005-07